Other ways to ‘win’ in the Capital Region (share yours)

Let’s take a guess at how today went. You woke up not terribly well-rested because your mattress could use replacing. Even if your bed is fine, work or unpaid bills could have caused a fitful sleep.

You then drove to work in your late(r) model car — a vehicle that shows it’s, um, maturity thanks to dents and scratches and the Duct tape holding the bumper in place. As you walked in to the office, you looked down at your shoes that could use replacing. Or, at the very least, a polish.

You fire up your computer and are inundated with requests from that colleague you wish bad things uponduring those fitful sleep dreams don’t terribly care for. You really want to let your fingers do the talking (and, no, we are not talking about a hand gesture) and shoot off some choice words to said colleague. In this fantasy, you walk out — for good — before the email has had time to travel the interwebs from your computer to her’s.

Sounds nice in theory, only you can’t do any of this because of the bed and the car and the shoes that need replacing. And, since no one in the Capital Region won the Powerball this time around, most everyone is living their lives the same as they did earlier this week.

But you don’t have to. There are plenty of other things out there to win. Sure, we’re not talking 650 mil, but maybe an iPad mini, a cruise for two or even dinner out.

It’s holiday season and fundraising is going as strong as the snowmaking machines at Okemo. Share with us a fundraising effort you know about where someone in the Capital Region can “win.”

It could be a soccer team doing a 50/50 or a not-for-profit selling raffle tickets for an iPad.

Please be specific, and remember this is about winning (so not selling — AKA wrapping paper, candy and the like). Organization, cost for ticket and other details are needed. Select answers will appear in the print edition of the Times Union. Please remember, if you want some print-love, be short and concise.